사실상 필수라니까.

A: Is that your snazzy new phone? That’s pretty awesome!
B: Yep! I finally threw down a chunk of change and got it.
A: In this day and age, it’s a darn good investment.
B: My thoughts, precisely. 사실상 필수라니까.

A: 그거 네 멋진 새 전화기니? 멋진걸!
B: 응! 드디어 돈 좀 써서 하나 장만했어!
A: 오늘날, 정말 좋은 투자라니까.
B: 내 생각이 딱 그래. It’s practically a necessity.

[Additional expressions]

* Is that your snazzy new phone?
– I see you have a pretty fancy new cell! / Do you have a new phone gadget?
* That’s pretty awesome!
– That looks pretty cool! / It seems to be a really neat one!
* I finally threw down
– It took a long time, but I spent / I was slow getting around to it, but now I used
* a chunk of change
– a large amount of money / a big wad of cash / a substantial sum of money
* got it
– bought it / grabbed it / picked it up / purchased one
* In this day and age
– These days / In the current times / At the present / Nowadays
* it’s a darn good investment
– it’s a good purchase / it’s worth buying / it’s the right idea to buy one
* My thoughts, precisely.
– That’s exactly what I was thinking. / That’s just how I see it, too.
* It’s practically a necessity.
– It’s almost something we can’t do without. / I almost can’t get by without it.